Chapter 4: Bracer Guild, 2nd stop Heimdallr

// 7 September S.1202, Vander School, Reica District, Heimdallr //


"Uh, I lost, but it was fun."


"Speak for yourself, what was that last attack? "


"Oh, that's a technique derived from that of one of my seniors, Arios MacLaine, but it's incomplete."


"A technique of the "divine blade of the wind", Yuno what is your rank in the school of the "Eight Leaves One Blade"?


"Didn't I say that? "


"No"


"I received the rank of intermediate disciple five days ago now."


"Ahahahahahahahah" Mueller starts laughing


"What's the matter with you all of a sudden," asks Olivert, who comes back with a pretty lady with long turquoise hair that reminds me of someone but I can't get my hands on it



Then Mueller stops laughing and looks towards Olivert with a smile, then shows an expression of surprise


"Mother, you're back."


'HIS MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' I scream in my head'


"I'm back Mueller, I'm glad you have time to come home, I know you're very busy"


" No, I just came to pick up some stuff before going back on the mission, then I just had a duel with my friend right there"


"Oh, and who won? "


"I won, but barely, I had to use my best attack."


"Thanks to this I'm going to get aches and pains for the next day" I retort


"Now that I think about it, I didn't ask you your first name, young man."


"It's all right, Mrs. Vander, my name is Yuno Schwartzer. It's a pleasure to meet you."


"What polite child my name is Aurier Vander, Instructor of the Vander School, but you can call me Aunt Aurier if you want," she told me with a smile


"Ah" I nod and watch Olivert and Mueller shrugging their shoulders.


"Hum Schwartzer, by any chance you wouldn't be Baron Schwartzer's eldest son."


"Indeed, ma'am, do you know my father?"


"No, but he and my husband are close enough and rival in their youth"


"I see"


After talking with Mrs. Vander, so that I could come and train me in the next few days, I said goodbye to Olivert and Mueller and wished them good luck on their trip and then I headed to a general store to stock up on supplies.


// 7 September S.1202, Vesta Street, Heimdallr //


When I arrive in Vesta Street I ask the passer-by for the nearest general store, when I arrive near a store called Herschel's Shop, I notice a girl with brown hair and green eyes carrying boxes too high for her and don't see where she is going at all,


"It's dangerous what she's doing, she could hurt herself."


"Houa"


Also say, immediately done, she stumbled, I rush to catch her with one hand and catch the boxes with the other


"Fiu, it was at least one, you're fine," I ask the girl but when I see her face, I think it's no wonder she's so clumsy because it's only the pretty Towa Herschel.



"Thank you so much for helping me," she said blushing.


"No problem, you have no injuries? "


I straighten Towa on her feet


"No, everything is fine thanks to you"


"My name is Yuno"


"My name is Towa. Nice to meet you, Yuno-kun."


After helping Towa to bring the boxes into the store and I met her uncle and aunt who are very friendly people, to thank me for helping them offered me dinner with them, not wanting to impose myself I wanted to refuse but they insisted so I have dinner with them.


After dinner, I went to find myself a hotel room


// The next day morning //


The next morning I did my daily exercises and decided to join the Bracer ranks even if it is only temporary because the event is known as the "Assault against the imperial guilds" must happen in a few months or days from now, and this event will allow me to gain experience in real combat, I am heading towards the Bracer guild located in Alto Street


// 8 September S.1202, Bracer Guild, Alto Street, Heimdallr //


I walk into the guild building to meet two people I didn't think I'll meet at this very moment


"What's going on with my luck right now I'm only meeting the main characters of the series one after the other, when there's only a 1 in 1,000,000 chance I'll meet them," I say in my head


One of them is the member in charge of the branches of the empire's guild, also known as "Purple Lightning" and my future instructor at Thors Sara Valestein, she is a Senior Bracer of rank A



And next to her a Senior Bracerde rank B also known as "Artful Caster" Toval Randonneur but when he sees me, he seems surprised to see me here although I don't remember having met him before, maybe he saw me during one of his missions near Ymir or Roer while I was fighting monsters maybe



"Welcome to the Braceur Guild branch, young man, are you here to file a request or mission? "Sara asks me.


"No, I came to join the guild, who should I address, please?"


"I think it's me, nice to meet you, my name is Sara Valestein, I'm in charge of this branch of the guild"


"Nice to meet you, I'm Toval Randonneur, a member of the guild."


"It's a pleasure to meet you both, my name is Yuno Schwartzer,"


"You want to join the guild as a new recruit, know that it won't be easy and very dangerous, you must already know what the Bracer is but I'll give you the details," she tells me.


"Yes"


"The Bracer Guild is a non-governmental organization that works to maintain peace and protect civilians wherever its many branches extend across the continent. Its members are known as Bracer. "


Then Toval continues the explanation


"The Bracers are investigative and combat specialists who work to protect civilians and maintain the stability of their respective regions. They help the community in a variety of ways, such as exterminating monsters, preventing crime, searching for lost property and escorting people and property. The Bracer Guild, which has established subsidiaries across the continent, manages the Bracer business in each region. "


Then Sara continues


"Because of its international and neutral character, it often acts as a mediator between conflicting powers, and it even played a role at the end of the Hundred Days War and several other large-scale incidents in West Zemuria. However, due to the different roles that the Bracer Guild must play, it is often understaffed. "


Then she looks me in the eye


"Are you ready to take on this responsibility by becoming a member of the guild?


"Yes, I am"


"Well, first we'll see what you're worth in battle, I'll be your opponent, let's go to the training ground behind the building" I'm following her with Toval


'A fight against Sara will be epic.'


Arriving on the training ground I take Yamato out of my bag which surprises Sara and Toval that I carry an oriental sword like a katana and that the only ones who wear them are practitioners of the "Eight Leaves" school


"Since this is a game where I have to show what I can do, I'm going to use Yamato" I think to myself, putting Yamato on my belt and heading towards my side of the field.


Then Toval gets in the middle to be the judge and starts announcing the fight


"Well, we're going to start the game against Senior Bracer Sara Valestein and new recruit Yuno Schwartzer, are you ready?


"Yuno Schwartzer from the Eight Leaf and One Blade School' Intermediate rank, I am ready" my announcement surprises-both senior Bracers that I am a practitioner of the Eight Leaf but also an Intermediate rank, which puts Sara on her guard


"Sara Valestein, Senior Bracer rank A, forward"


"Begin"


I take a breath and close my eyes then the heat of the sun starts to increase when I open my eyes they have become red which Sara does not miss this change


"School of Eight Leaves and One Blade" 3rd Form: Flame Impact"


Fire begins to appear on my blade then I launch a powerful flaming attack that Sara avoids only to be welcomed by another flaming strike that she parries with her sword which creates a shock wave


Then she points her Orbal gun at me at a short distance that I dodge by taking steps backward while parrying the shots that I can't avoid


"Good reflex and quick judgment during the fight but that's not enough"


She's right to be a Bracer, I have to get out of the batches than to be good with the sword. I start preparing a strategist by going straight for her.


"School of Eight Leaves and One Blade" 2nd Form: Arcane Gale"


I use Arcane Gale's speed to pass Sara at wind speed but the latter manages to block the attack and that's exactly what I wanted


"School of Eight Leaves and One Blade" 5th Form: Luminous Wheel"


I throw a wheel of light from my katana, cutting towards Sara within reach, which she blocks but with great difficulty


"What technique for a child of his age he has a lot of potential enough to become a high-ranking member of the guild and he doesn't even have a Combat Orbement, to be able to use the arts," says Toval


"Not bad Yuno, it's my turn now"


Sara starts her counter-attack by shooting me to divert my intention and give me sword blows in my blind spots that I barely manage to parry but she goes faster and faster and her blows involve lightning so as the attacks go on I start to be paralyzed


"Ahahahaha, you're really strong, Sara-san, looks like I have to use 'That'."


"That?"


"Demon Drive, first seal release"


I start passing in {Demon Drive} my hair turns white and my eyes turn red and my aura turns completely purple


" !!!! "Toval and Sara are becoming surprised by my transformation


"Let's continue the fight"


I put Yamato back in his sheath and then concentrate all my aura in my blade, which puts Sara in a serious position


"Judgment Cut" I draw Yamato and in a split second to create a dozen cuts in the space that runs into Sara


The latter uses its Combat Orbement to create a barrier but the barrier breaks when two cuts hit the barrier, creating an explosion.


I put Yamato back in his sheath and come out of my Demon Drive when the dust disperses Sara is motionless with 5 to 6 cuts around her who left giant cuts on the ground, not to mention if this attack touches someone weak he may not survive at all


"Yuno, what was that all about? "


"One of my trump cards that I use in case of extreme necessity, I know the outside world is very dangerous, I wouldn't have come to the guild without a way to prepare for any eventuality"


"Indeed Bracer's work is dangerous and you seem to be preparing yourself for it, and you have proved to me that you have a lot of resources that a Bracer must-have when you haven't even followed the recruits' training yet as head of the Bracer Guild branch of the Erebonia Empire I make you Yuno Schwartzer a Junior Bracer 5th class, from today you will be under my supervision, is that understood?"


"Understood, instructor Sara"


"Congratulations Yuno, you surprised me with your transformation what was it? "Toval told me, putting his arm around my shoulder and ruffling my hair


"Well, now that it's all over, we're going to celebrate the arrival of our new recruit by going drinking."


' I forgot she was a great drinker. '


"Sara, you forgot we're on a budget cut."


"Oh that's right," she says depressed and heads down.


"Ah, don't worry tonight I'll pay, instructor Sara, Toval"


"Oh, I expect nothing less from my little student."


"I'm telling you right now it's not something I would do all the time."


"Bubu, cheapskate"


Then we went to celebrate in a bar, close to the guild of course at my own expense but I have a lot of money so I don't worry, after talking with Sara about my training trip to Legram, we made a plan so that I could finish the basic recruit training in a week or two and then when I would be at the Legram branch I could do missions there to get up in ranks.


// 2 weeks later //


I'm in the guild completely exhausted and scratched because I just finished all the new recruit training program in two weeks and I hold the record for finishing it in that time, it goes from training with Sara who has a Spartan program, to solving requests for the inhabitants of the capital, to eliminating the monster around the capital.


During these two weeks, I spent some time at the Vander school to go and train with the other students of the school, I even met Muller's father who is also the emperor's personal guard and of course we had a game and I lost but I learned from my mistakes.


I also visited Towa to check up on her and at the same time fill up on supplies.


Of course, I climbed 3 ranks thanks to the speed with which I carry out my missions that even Sara and Toval are surprised by my efficiency


During my training, I received a battle orbement, the Enigma II which is being tested at Crossbell by one of my contacts there.


"Well, Yuno, you've finished your training, but don't let it go to your head."


"I get it, Sara-Nee, this is the 10th time you've told me."


"Know that I'm doing this for your own good," she told me, putting her hand over my head and starting to caress me that I appreciate it and close my eyes to enjoy this reward because it's not every day that you can enjoy the affection of a woman like Sara


"I know I'll be careful"


"When are you going back on the road? "


"I think in a day or a week, I don't know why, but something will happen here, I don't know why, but I can't get that feeling out of my head"


"You worry too much, we're in the most secure city in the empire, and it would be stupid enough to attack the guild."


"You're right"


"Good to tell you that tomorrow I have to go on a mission to Nord Ambria and Toval is on a mission too so you are in charge with the other members of the guild in my absence if something happens to contact me immediately"


"Understood Sara-Nee, well, I'll go home and take a nice bath."


A few days after the high ranks left I prepared myself for one of the greatest disasters that the guild will experience that year.

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